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too stilled in his thoughts, too cryptic with age.
drifting in sleep was all that was left.
too old to think things out, to weed his thoughts
the senses’ darkest leaf, least understood, least accounted for
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ex Anne Ryan. “The Darkest Leaf.” Botteghe Oscure 22 (1958) : 272-306
paragraphs 11, 129 and 209
source, transcription : 2953_ryan-darkest-leaf
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